Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-02-11
nAKoTA's LEGISLATURE.
An Interesting Day In the Council
and House of Representatives.
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An Interesting Day Ia The Council
and House of Representatives.
THE HOUSE.
Bismarck, Feb. 8-This was a lively
day in the house. At the opening a
number OF petitions in favor OF woman
suffrage and prohibition was presented
and referred. A message was received
from the council transmitting council
bill IL, Sioux Falls bond bill, with record
OF action by the governor and council.
The house then took mp the railroad
COMMISSION. and MIR. Miitimore moved
that it be recommitted to the railroad
committee. Mr., Miltimore said he was
not yet ready to vote for the bill. Mr..
Ward thought there was no occasio On for
further delay, and MI. Hobart held to
the same view. Division Was demanded
and the bill was recommitted-ayes %,
nays IL. Mr., Adams then moved that
the house take mp council bill No. 10,
With the accompanying message, and
that it be made the special order for
Feb. IL. Mr.. Sullivan understood that
there were some legal questions involved
which ne thought should have full con-
sideration. He moved the appointment
OF o select committee OF seven lawyers of
the house to consider the bill and the
message and report to the house. Mr..
Aikens thought lit wa intended to
show respect to the governor, the house
should not delay in passing upon the
veto.
He would not say it was q fact in this
case, but such bills were sometimes used
for o purpose, He did not believe 80
much importance attached to this mat
ter and did not think the constitutional
Questions involved were SO intricate that
the attorneys Of the house could not
pass upon them in~telligently tomorrow.
Ii there wes g purpose to use this bill as
q club, the house could not too soon or
too emphatically condemn such pur-
poses.
MIR. Adams said that instead OF using
q club over the representatives from
Sioux Falls, an effort was being made to
use it over the governor. No harm
could result from q little delay. Mr..
Gilbert said:
The people of Sioux Falls voted by
6S1lto S3 to issue these bonds. He had
received dispatches from every business
man in Sioux Falls but one, and that
one interested IN the Milwaukee road,
asking for the passage of this bill. He
did not think 1t right to use this veto as
q club to make a certain man do what
he did not want to do. This bill was
one in which the people OF Sioux Falls
only were interested. The bill might be
defeated, but the people of Sioux Falls
desired its passage.
After further debate, Williams, OF
Burleigh, moved to lay the bill or the
table, Lost. The question then being
upon the substitute of Sullivan to refer
to a special committee, q roll call was
demanded and the motion wa lost
ayes ~, nays "a. The motion OF Alkens
TO make the bill the special order for to-
morrow then prevsiiedAAyes ~, nays
70. The house then went into commit
tee OF the whole, Dodds in the chair. and
took up the bill to establish o soldiers
home at hot Springs in Fall River CONN.,
~. The bill called for an appropriation
of $4,000. Crosse moved to strike out
$4,000 and substitute $4,000. He said:
The fact should not be lost sight OF
that the people OF the territory were
poor. They had in many sections lost ]
their crops and would need help. Some
thing must be done for them. He
thought the proposed institution could |
get along with half the sum asked for At |
the STARRY and that to ask. more would be
to defeat the bill.
Mr.. Stewart OF Fell River said:
Il had seemed to him ever since be |
game to Bismarck that he was In q for.
Sign country, L cropped out on eve.y
hAnd that tbs people Of the other sec..